Improvement in fly-traps



Improvment in Fly-Traps.

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VERTOT D. BEACH, CF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLYTRVAPS.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,297, dated May 28, 1872; antedated May 13, 1872.

To whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, VJEIRTOT` D. BEACH, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fly-Traps and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of `reference marked thereon and being a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my trap. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the metallic base.

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The nature of this invention relates to an improved construction of a device designed for catching flies and retaining the same until they projecting upward and inwardly its larger end terminates near the center of the dish, and on a plane, or nearly so, with the top of the flange b. Abait-pocket, d, for holding molasses or .something ofthe kind, is secured near the top of suflcient-dimensions to hold a small quanti` ty of Y any aromatic avor, but so arranged that ilies cannot have access to their contents. C is a glass cap, its lower edge resting on the offset a and inside the {iange b. -At a point directly opposite, and in line with the tube B, this cap is -provided with alens, D, so arranged that it will concentrate a strong light through the tube upon the table, as shown at le.

Th e device being constructed substantiallyr asabove described, the dish is lledwith soapsuds to a point just above the offset, when the glass cap is put in place, its lower edge resting upon the offset and in the suds, thereby making an air-tight joint, so that any aroma from the perfume 'or bait cannot escape except through the tube, which affords an avenue for the ingress of the dies. The trap, when set for use, should lbe placed so as to have the light `fall upon the lens, the opposite side of the trap being presented toward the darker part of the room.

Vhat I claim as my invention,- and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

In a ily-trap, the combination of the dish4 A, tube B, cap C, and lens D, all constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown. 4 A VERTOT D BEACEL Witnesses Trios. S. SPRAGUE, MYRON H. CHURCH. 

